Faculty Bio

Assistant Professor of English Writing and Rhetoric

Education

MA in English at University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 2004

JD at Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington, 1993

BA in Philosophy at University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, 1989

Why I Teach

My approach to teaching is to challenge students to be curious, tenacious and thorough. I create opportunities for individuals to develop those habits. By doing meaningful projects, we center on the core concepts of rhetoric: argument, purpose, audience, voice and ethics. Students are often capable of surprising me — and even themselves — with what they can accomplish.

Overall, I teach because I want to play a small part in designing the future.